Contionary:mawajan
Alternative form
- mawain
Meskangela
Etymology
From Proto-Meskangela *mawai- (“beautiful”), possibly related to *mëj(ë)H- “to feel joy” (Cl. Meskangela mîsan “to be pleased”, möjan “to be good”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical): IPA: [ˈma.wa.jan]
Noun
mawajan v intransitive
- beautiful
- eju-jawi mawaiwā këryaŋ-phir uré – There is a beautiful lake by the town.
- phënaŋa mawaiwā – It is beautiful outside.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of mawain | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-finite forms | |||||||
| Infinitive | affirmative | negative | |||||
| mawaiwān | mamawain | ||||||
| Participle | Adjectival | Adverbial | |||||
| affirmative | negative | affirmative | negative | ||||
| mawaiwād | mamawaid | mawaisē | mamawaisē | ||||
| Affirmative | |||||||
| Non-preterit | |||||||
| person marker | 1excl. | 1incl. | 2 | 3An. | 3In. | ||
| singular | mawaiŋa | mawaina | mawaika | mawaiwā | |||
| dual | mawaici | mawaice | mawainsi | mawaiŋki | mawaiswe | ||
| plural | mawaiŋi | mawaiŋe | mawaini | mawaikyi | mawaiwai | ||
| Preterit | |||||||
| person marker | 1excl. | 1incl. | 2 | 3An. | 3In. | ||
| singular | mawēŋka | mawēnta | mawēkka | mawētā | |||
| dual | mawēsti | mawēcce | mawēssyi | mawēski | mawēstwe | ||
| plural | mawēnkyi | mawēnkye | mawēncyi | mawēkkyi | mawētwai | ||
| Negative | |||||||
| Non-preterit | |||||||
| person marker | 1excl. | 1incl. | 2 | 3An. | 3In. | ||
| singular | mamawaiŋa | mamawaina | mamawaika | mamawaiwā | |||
| dual | mamawaici | mamawaice | mamawainsi | mamawaiŋki | mamawaiswe | ||
| plural | mamawaiŋi | mamawaiŋe | mamawaini | mamawaikyi | mamawajai | ||
| Preterit | |||||||
| person marker | 1excl. | 1incl. | 2 | 3An. | 3In. | ||
| singular | mamawēŋka | mamawēnta | mamawēkka | mamawētā | |||
| dual | mamawēsti | mamawēcce | mamawēssyi | mamawēski | mamawēstwe | ||
| plural | mamawēnkyi | mamawēnkye | mamawēncyi | mamawēkkyi | mamawētwai | ||